fret (v.)
chafe, be vexed, worry
1H4 II.ii.2[Poins to Prince Hal, of Falstaff] he frets like a gummed velvet [i.e. a fabric which wears out quickly]
MV IV.i.77[Antonio to Bassanio, of arguing with Shylock] You may as well forbid the mountain pines / To wag their high-tops ... / When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven [Q; F fretted]
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